About the project

The project aims to explore the intersection between existential themes and drug-free treatment in mental health care. The study is qualitative and strives to gather experiences from people who have undergone medication deprescription within the drug-free treatment options in Norway, and who are interested in talking about existential topics. The concept of existential can encompass a lot and be difficult to comprehend. In this study, it will be used in a broad sense to contain all the meaningful elements that human life entails.

The project aims to identify, describe, and provide an understanding of the existential themes and needs of people who have experience with severe mental illness and medication deprescription. The overall purpose of the study is to identify and understand whether, and possibly in what way, existential themes and focus on these can contribute to the reduction of medication and recovery in people with severe mental illness. This could potentially help mental health clinicians to address existential issues in patients more systematically.

Background

MA Psychoanalytic Studies, Goldsmiths University of London

Research group

Eksistensforsk